The Knickerbockers: A Comic Opera In Three Acts is a play written by Harry Bache Smith and first published in 1891. The story is set in New York City during the 19th century and follows the lives of the Knickerbocker family, a wealthy and prestigious family who are in financial trouble. The family's patriarch, Cornelius Knickerbocker, is determined to restore the family's fortune by marrying his daughter, Gertrude, to a wealthy suitor. However, Gertrude...